Mumbai: rates for a two-week trip to the line have fallen, which is the first time during a pandemic.
The demand for air travel has slumped over two previous Covid waves, but the tariff did not proportionally decline, because at that time the government had limited tariffs for a much longer period.
At present, domestic rates are only limited to a period of 15 days.
If you are looking for rates on Thursday (January 13), you will find cheap rates on scheduled flights from January 28.
For example, you will get a return fee of Mumbai-Goa at a price around Rs 3,900 while the cost of Delhi-Mumbai’s return is Rs 4,700 (see box).
During the previous wave, the rate hat had been extended for a longer period.
For example, when domestic air travel has returned after a two-month ban on May 25, 2020, the government has limited the tariff for three consecutive months to August 24, 2020.
After that, the government continues to extend the value of the rates close.
Only in September last year that the government lowered the period of closing the tariff from 30 days to 15 days.
But at that time, the demand for air travel was increasing and as far as the trip for traveling more than 15 days in the line was not cheap.
In the past two weeks, with the increase in Covid cases, air travel requests have slumped and for the first time during a pandemic, cheaper rates are available for a two-week trip.
“Not many want to travel now, but this is the best time to order tickets for summer vacations,” said low-cost operator officials, requested anonymity.
Until last month, domestic rates for traveling in April, May and June 2022 were rather high, even though the travel date was more than five months.
“After Covid Case goes down, the trip will take and so is the tariff.
We hope the demand is hidden to drive the tariff for summer trips 2022 to an unprecedented level.
We lost two straight peak travel periods due to covid waves in the summer in the summer .
2021 and summer 2020, “he added.
Booking ahead for the summer trip that will now help airline with cash that is needed, say observers.
But not all routes are cheap.
Non-stop airfares to destinations such as Leh, Srinagar, Port Blair, Dehradun and Bagdogra, among other things, high, while they are for Lucknow, Patna is not cheap, appreciated Rs 8,000 for return rates.